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♂ James H. Clark
aliasJames H. Clark
Record
11269 · 13048

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 1 3
Birth 11 May 1888 → 135 years + 11 months ago
Lived 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 19 June 1934 → 89 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 1 month
Death 25 August 1952 → 71 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 9 years + 22 days after 3 August 1943
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 9 1 13 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 20
LIB
 1 Speaker 50–54 08 Mar 1939 — 14 Apr 1943 4 1 6

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊖ George Bennett  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur J. Réaume  m 
 
Eligible: 25,579 Votes: 17,866 Participation: 69.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Ontario
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34715(F) — 28 Dec 2022 08:10 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 9,934 56.51% +3,953 Loser:
LC
 5,981 34.02% John Chick

Service: 3 years 3 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,103 Votes: 15,332 Participation: 61.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Ontario
6 October 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 34810(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 9,155 61.79% +5,694 Loser:
LC
 3,461 23.36% Oscar E. Fleming

Service: 5 years 9 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,696 Votes: 14,952 Participation: 50.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34909(F) — 27 Jul 2023 13:07 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 3/3 3,256 21.95% -3,199 Winner:
CCF
 6,455 43.51% George Bennett

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
James Howard Clark		 02 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
James Howard Clark		 02 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Clark (Ontario politician)		 02 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Aug 2023 16:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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